Fade

Watch the sun sink from sight.
Take your last glimpse of the day's light.
Strain your eyes to see more.
But that's impossible - it's gone,
And the light will always
Fade.

See the mist on the ground.
Watch as it slowly swirls around.
Then the burning heat comes.
The grey calm simply vanishes,
And the mist will always
Fade.

One day my life will end.
Will anyone's heart my death rend?
Or will I disappear?
Shining light, swirling mist, failed hope,
And I, too, will simply
Fade.